This content applies to human and veterinary medicines.
The Regulation (EU) 2024/568 on fees and charges payable to EMA entered into force on 1 January 2025. A working arrangements document is available below to clarify the regulation, fee reductions, and payment terms.
For more information on what EMA is and does, see:
You can see the history of changes of this page in the dedicated section 'Page update history'
In this section
Guidance for all applicants
Fees for human medicines
Fees for veterinary medicines
Annual fees
Other fees and charges
How to pay
Working arrangements
A working arrangements document is available to:
- clarify the requirements and terminology of the new regulation;
- establish fee reductions for certain types of services;
- provide further details on payment modalities.
EMA's Management Board adopted these working arrangements in June 2024.
Information events
Select the expandable panel below to access a list of events that EMA organised in order to provide useful materials on implementing the New fee regulation:
- Certificates Processing System: Demo & Q&A session for Industry stakeholders (H+V) (10/04/2025)
- Certificates Processing System: Demo & Q&A session for Industry stakeholders (H+V) (27/03/2025)
- Certificates Processing System: Demo & Q&A session for industry stakeholders (13/03/2025)
- Regulation (EU) 2024/568: Questions and answers clinic for the Veterinary Industry stakeholders (11/02/2025)
- Regulation (EU) 2024/568: Questions and answers clinic for the Human Industry stakeholders (10/02/2025)
- Quarterly System Demo - Q4 2024 (12/12/2024)
- New fee regulation: webinar for human industry stakeholders (24/10/2024)
- New fee regulation: webinar for veterinary industry stakeholders (24/10/2024)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises info day (18/10/2024)
- Quarterly System Demo - Q3 2024 (18/09/2024)
- Twelfth meeting of the industry stakeholder platform on research and development support (04/07/2024)
- Quarterly System Demo - Q2 2024 (26/06/2024) - see interval between 6:32 and 19:08 in the video recording available on the event page
- New fee regulation: webinar for veterinary marketing authorisation holders (20/06/2024)
- Third European Medicines Agency and Affordable Medicines Europe bilateral meeting (10/04/2024)
- Quarterly System Demo - Q1 2024 (26/03/2024) - see interval between 02:36:50 and 02:47:30 in the video recording available on the event page
- Eighth Industry Standing Group (ISG) meeting (25/03/2024)
Contacting EMA about fees
For general queries on fees such as composition and types of fee, fee prices, fee codes, application numbers and procedures, submit the EMA fees query form.
Legal framework
- Regulation (EU) 2024/568 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2024 on fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 2049/2005 on rules regarding the payment of fees to, and the receipt of administrative assistance from, the European Medicines Agency by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
- Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 on orphan medicinal products
- Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use
- Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products
- Regulation (EU) 2022/123 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices
Standard operating procedures
Previously applicable rules
Other previously applicable rules include:
Page update history
This update log shows the date and summary of changes to this webpage. It does not include updates to linked documents or minor edits like typos or broken link fixes.
Updates begin in October 2025.
| Date | Category | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 02/10/2025 | Structural changes | Page layout updated |